Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Wayne Coyne: Well, I would say, you cannot wait, and you cannot be lazy, and you cannot be afraid that you’re not going to be a big rock star — you kind of just have to pursue all these things. The things we’re doing now […]
Continue readingFrom the teams who brought us Entourage and Boardwalk Empire as well as the labels Def Jam and American now comes Leverage Records, a division that will focus on developing and releasing projects by new talent as well as music placement in films and television. The following is a discussion of Leverage Records with some of the company’s executives, […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Michael Goldberg & Isaac Heyman: Be great. MR: How important do you feel song placement is for new artists? Rick Rubin: Song placement is a great way for people to get turned on to songs, for both new and established artists.
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Hi, Petra. So? How did the If By Yes project come together? Petra Haden: Yuka and I started writing songs together nearly ten years ago. I would visit her in NY and stay with her at her lower east side apartment and we would just sit and write songs almost every day. It […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Hi guys, please would you go into what mandated your starting up the label My Forlorn Wallet? Cory Mon: Wes I and created My Forlorn Wallet Records out of absolute necessity. In our current “struggling to be heard, noticed and properly and affectionately represented position” we created our own record label for a […]
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